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July 20, 2016

Why and how the Turkish coup failed

At around 10pm on Friday 15 July when rumours that a coup had started began to spread, the spotlight fell on President Erdogan. His first reaction would set the tone for...

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July 20, 2016

Egyptian women activists criticise Nawal Saadawi for her call to legalise prostitution

A group of Egyptian female activists have attacked Egyptian feminist writer Nawal El-Saadawi for calls she made for legalising prostitution in the country instead of denying its existence. El-Saadawi also claimed that Islam does...

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July 20, 2016

Wadah Khanfar: US knew about Turkey coup

America knew about the planned coup attempt in Turkey before it happened, the head of Al-Sharq Forum and former director of Al Jazeera network said. In an interview with...

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July 20, 2016

Extradition of Gulen will be a tough test for US-Turkey relations

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım confirmed that an official request for the extradition of Fethullah Gulen has been sent to the US. Ankara accuses the cleric, who lives in...

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July 20, 2016

Palestinians use Pokemon Go to highlight life under occupation

Palestinians are using the Pokemon Go game to highlight their plight in the face of Israel’s continuing occupation, News.com.au reported yesterday. The game, which is banned in some countries...

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July 20, 2016

Fatah may split before local elections

The Fatah party my split ahead of the elections if President Mahmoud Abbas excludes supporters of exiled former party leader Mohamed Dahlan, Al-Resalah newspaper reported. “We are more popular...

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July 20, 2016

Gulen calls on US to reject Turkey extradition bid

US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen yesterday called on the United States to reject Turkey’s request to extradite him. “I urge the US government to reject any effort to abuse the...

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July 20, 2016

Turkey provides Morocco information on Gulen institutions

The Turkish embassy in Rabat has provided the Moroccan foreign ministry information about Fethullah Gulen’s institutions in the kingdom in the hope that action will be taken against them,...

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July 20, 2016

Israel to demolish 14 Palestinian homes to expand settlements

Israeli occupation authorities distributed demolition orders for 14 Palestinian houses and two agricultural structures in the West Bank city of Nablus, Safa news agency reported yesterday. Director of settlement...

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July 20, 2016

Legal centre slams Israeli parliament’s new Expulsion Law

Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel has slammed a newly-passed Israeli law designed to facilitate the expulsion of publicly-elected Palestinian parliamentarians in the Knesset....

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